Balsamodendron.'] xxxvi. burserace^ (olivek) 327 



])ranchlets, imparipiniiMte, 5-7-foliolate, more rnrelv 8.fuliolMtc, 2-3 in. lonjj 

 pubescent above, shortly tomentose beneatli ; lateral leaflets sessile or sub- 

 sessile, elliptical or oblono^-elliptical, rather acute, rouiuled or slightly cordate 

 at base, entire, f-li in. lonp:, X-A in. broad ; terminal leaflet scarcely larger 

 than those of uppermost pair. Flowers 1-4, on short peduncles; pedicels 

 \-\ in., pubescent. Calyx divided nearly to the base into 4 lanreolate-tri- 

 angular, subacute teeth. Petals lanceolate, narrowed above and below, re- 

 cui-yed at the tip. P'oiir shorter stamens with apiculatr anthers. Fnnt 

 ovoid or subglobosc, obtuse or subapiculate, pubescent. 

 Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, J)r. Kirk! 



3. CANARIUM, Linn. ; Benth. ct Hook. f. (Jen. IM. i. 324. 



Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous. Calyx urceolate or ciipulate, 3- 

 loothed or 3-fid; lobes valvate, persistent. Petals 3, exceeding the c^lyx, 

 valvate or slightly imbricate. Stamens 6 (in African species), inserted'on 

 the margin or outer side of a fleshy entire or undulate disk ; filaments dis- 

 tinct. Ovary ovoid, 2-celled (in African species) ; ovules geminate; stigma 

 sessile or subsessile, capitate. Drupe ovoid or ellipsoidal, with a bony 1- 

 seeded putamen. Cotyledons contortuplicate. — Trees. Leaves alternate, 

 imparipinnate, exstipulate, the lowest pair of leaflets occasionally resembling 

 stipules. Flowers small, in axillary panicles. 



A considerable pemis, most numerous in India and the Malayan region. The African 

 species appear to be confined to the continent, and differ from their allies in the more dcepljr 

 divided calyx and other characters which, however, do not warrant their generic 8«pt- 

 ration. 



Leaflets 15-17, acuminate, 1^-2 in. broad; petiolule 1-2 lines . . \. C. edu!e. 

 Leaflets 7, apiculate, 3^-5 in. broad; petiolule ^-1 in. .... 2. C macrophyllum. 



1. C. edule. Hook. f. Ft. Nigrit. 285. Tree. Leaves imparipinnate, 

 ]5-17-foliolate ; leaflets rather coriaceous, subopposite or more or less ap- 

 proximated in pairs, from ovate- to oval-oblong, usually narrowly and often 

 somewhat abruptly acuminate, base oblique, glabrous above and at length 

 beneath, excepting on the midrib which remains pubescent or shortly hispi- 

 dulous ; lateral veins and reticulation rather prominent beneath ; upper leaf- 

 lets 4-6 in. long, ly-2 in. broad , lower smaller and lowest pair rotundate, 

 apiculate, 1 in. in diara. or less. Petiolules 1-2 lines. Inflorescence in 

 narrow, axillary, shortly rusty-tomentose panicles, usually collected near the 

 ends of the branches, |-1 ft. long, with short (^-2 in.) lateral peduncles 

 bearing several rather crowded or irregularly clustered flowers, subsessile or 

 on pedicels equalling the calyx. Flowers from l|-3 lines in length. Calyx 

 3-partite ; lobes broadly ovate, rather obtuse. Stamens 6. Ovary glabrous, 

 2-celled ; stigma sessile or subsessile. (" Fruit oval, black, size of a hen's 

 egg, 1-celled, containing a large embryo, having 2 3-i)arted cotyledons," 

 JDon.) — Pachylobus eduUs, Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 89. 



Upper Guinea, St. Thomas's, Don ! Old Calabar, //'. C. Thomson I CamtrooQi ri»cr 



(cultivated), Mann ! I have not seen the fruit. 



2. C. macrophyllum. Olio. A tree of 30 ft. ; extremities, when dry, 



